Super Power U: Activate Your Superhero

Feelings and needs matter and David Sauvage is an empath who can experience them directly. David gives readings as performance art and teaches fellow empaths how to thrive through online courses.  In a very light and playful way he helps others to get in touch with their own emotions and to experience their innate ability to tune in empathically to others around them. He is currently doing a one-man play in New York called “Empath,” about his discovery of this ability and gift. David and Lisa discuss the importance of the emotional experience, the energetic shifts and needs we are facing now in our culture, and how his work and art helps to change the narrative. SHOW NOTES “For us to heal from the oppressive structures that we live in right now, we will need to embrace the unpredictable, emergent, and messy emotionality. Only that can lead us out.” Super Power U Facebook Page Super Power U Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google PlayLisaBL.com Empath Empath on Facebook empathnyc on Instagram

Allen Saakyn is a man of many SuperPowers. He is the host of Simulation Series, a live show and event series that approaches global topics with a meta-perspective from the leading minds in our world. Today he speaks about what inspires him personally to work forwards a better future, the expansive conversations he has had that have opened up a new dimension of thought within his perspective, his thoughts on the future of education, the concept of interconnectivity and the butterfly effect, the effect of a multidisciplinary approach to seeking high-quality knowledge, and how we can solve problems and make sense on this pale blue dot we call Earth. SHOW NOTES Enter into the Year End Celebration by leaving a review at Super Power U Facebook Page.  Then send an email to hey@lisabl.com to say you did. Simulation Series @SimulationSeries Facebook Simulation YouTube Allen Saakyan TedXSanFrancisco - The Art of Powerful Questions Lisa on Simulation Series #37 - What's Your Super Power Super U Resources: Super Power

Dr. Molly Maloof is not a normal doctor and has never wanted to be one. She talks today about the way she harnesses her ADHD and structures and organizes her life so she can achieve goals aligned with her mission, the latest in scientific wellness and her vision to reframe health media and reorganize the health care system to create and scale autonomy.  Enter our ONE YEAR Anniversary Giveaway by posting a review on the Facebook Page, iTunes, or Stitcher and then email hey@lisabl.com to let us know to enter you into the drawing which will happen on November 14th, 2018. You could win: a Super Power U Podcast tank top, a “What’s My Super Power” Coaching call with Lisa and a $50 Amazon gift card. Click here for SHOW NOTES “It has been a lifetime of working on myself to get to where I am today.” “We have to create better health media and reframe health in people’s minds. The more autonomy we have over our physical bodies, the more prepared we are to face the choices that affect our health outcomes.”    -Dr. Molly

This is a totally impromptu show that ended up being about authenticity, vulnerability and healing the wounded masculine in us all.     SHOW NOTES   SUPER POWER U Facebook Page   Leave a review there and send an email to hey@lisabl.com to be entered into the drawing for our One Year Anniversary Celebration. Prizes are a Super Power U tank top, a What's My Super Power coaching session with Lisa and a $50 Amazon gift certificate.  

Bernadette Pleasant is a true alchemist and a provocateur on a profound level. She celebrates her own inner and outer beauty and supports others to be their most energetic, healthy and tuned in to the rhythm of their own inner wisdom and power. Bernadette talks with us today about the work she does to empower others through her classes at Femme!, and the private workshops and retreats around the world. She shares her love of music and passion for the drums to help us evoke and acknowledge our emotions, and why she welcomes you to be “too much” in her universe. SHOW NOTES: http://lisabl.com/46 Enter the ONE YEAR Anniversary Giveaway by posting a review on the Facebook Page, iTunes, or Stitcher and then email hey@lisabl.com to let us know to enter you into the drawing which will happen on November 14th, 2018. Super U Resources:Feedback and show ideas to hey@lisabl.com Super Power U Facebook PageLisa Betts-LaCroix on Twitter — @LisaBL Super Power U Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google PlayLisaBL.com

Heidy Kellison is many things for many people, some of which include writer, who specializes in political non-profit communication, founding President of Friends of The Yolo Crisis Nursery, and Commissioner for First 5 Yolo. As a mother, Heidy is active in K-12 educational policy making, including local parcel tax campaigns, and homework policy reform. Through the nursery and her other services, Heidy has have helped serve and provide resources for thousands of families. She talks about the foundational importance of early childhood development, her love of ballroom dancing and the lessons she carries off the dance floor into the rest of the world, what The First 5 is and why you should get involved, and why having a community is so important. SHOW NOTES    Super U Resources:Feedback and show ideas to hey@lisabl.com Super Power U Facebook PageLisa Betts-LaCroix on Twitter — @LisaBL Super Power U Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google PlayLisaBL.com

Lou Diamond is a Master Connector and loves using his superpower to help individuals and businesses reach their peak potential. Lou thrives off of helping others discover their own unique opportunities and then connecting them to others that can help them grow and succeed. Hence, his own company Thrive, and very popular podcast, Thrive Loud. Today, he talks about how he discovered his love of fostering a culture and community through connection and deep relationships, the difference between connecting and networking, and the model he developed for knowing what it takes to be a Master Connector. “I am always the person who seems to know everybody. I’m energized by meeting other people.” - Lou Diamond Lou Diamond Thrive Loud Master the Art of Connecting, by Lou Diamond ThriveLoud Lou Diamond Super U Resources: Feedback and show ideas tohey@lisabl.com Super Power U Facebook PageLisa Betts-LaCroix on Twitter — @LisaBL Super Power U Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google PlayLisaBL.com

Danielle Strachman is all about building relationships, taking big steps one foot at a time, and non-coercive independent learning. Today, she shares how she went from being a tutor to a Principal and Innovations Academy Founder at the early age of 28 to joining the Thiel Fellowship, founding the Thiel Summit Series and now her own venture, 1517. She is on a mission to open education and knowledge to everyone and giving future leaders, contributors and inventors the leading edge they need to create a better tomorrow.

Natha Campanella, Intuitive Guide, professional astrologer, and writer, uses her skill to read people as a way to help them also step into their own intuition and authenticity. Natha shares how she first realized she possessed the ability to feel the emotions and thoughts of others, how we can stand in our own power and claim our happiness without depending on others, the deep connection between our emotions and our physical health, the opportunities in life to step up and get more real, and the challenges that come when we show up and step into the world in our biggest way.       “We don’t need examples of perfection; what we need is examples of imperfection. “When we face our fears and get to the other side, we fear them less and they don’t feel their power anymore.” Natha Campanella @Natha_Campanella_Astrology “Five Skills to Get Good at If you Want to Stop Drinking” “Episode 22: Taking a Break From Drinking With Rachel Har Super U Resources: Super Power U Facebook Page Lisa Betts-LaCroix on Twitter — @

Musician Dana LaCroix is a rare and shining example of a performer that performs for the sake of building connection and providing joy for other people. She is also a long-time working musician who loves writing a good song but helping people access music and find freedom in singing is what makes her light up. Today, she talks with Lisa about what inspired her to first pick up a guitar, the challenges she faced in her journey along the path of making a full-time career out of music, and the role structure plays in her artistry. She also talks about her recent shows with Peter Yarrow, her work in the Better Angels organization and why she welcomes you to sing loud and proud with her any time. Mentioned in This Episode: Dana LaCroix @DanaLaCroix Facebook Super U Resources:Feedback and show ideas to hey@lisabl.com Super Power U Facebook PageLisa Betts-LaCroix on Twitter — @LisaBL Super Power U Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google PlayLisaBL.com

Robin Rivera is a wild woman warrior who lives from a place of raw truth and is dedicated to leadership, advocacy, and community service. She speaks with Lisa about her work to coach people and to help them transform their trauma into freedom, and the digital courses she created for women on a mission. She shares her personal story of overcoming trauma and sexual exploitation, the theme of freedom and vulnerability in her life, and how it connects to the wild woman inside of her.  “I believed in the power of my word, that is all I really had.”  “The wild woman inside me was shut down, ostracized, and pathologized." “I wasn’t the broken one, I was just wild and free in my spirit.” -Robin Rivera Mentioned in This Episode: Robin Rivera @RobinRivera @Robin__Rivera Instagram Super U Resources: Super Power U Facebook Page Feedback and show ideas to hey@lisabl.com Lisa Betts-LaCroix on Twitter — @LisaBL Lisa on LinkedIn Super Power U Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play

How we experience sex in our relationships is so critical to enjoyment and fulfillment in life. Special guest Jessa Zimmerman, Licensed Therapist and Sex Counselor, podcast host and media personality, is making her mark on the world by helping couples with their emotional and sexual intimacy. She specializes in helping, educating and coaching individuals and couples using her nine-phase experiential process, that allows them real-world results in changing their relationship and sex life. Based in Seattle, Jessica offers both in office and online counseling and coaching sessions. Today, she talks with Lisa about relationship patterns that overlap with sex, her own expert definition of a healthy sex life, her upcoming book Sex Without Stress, balancing communion with autonomy, and her Better Sex podcast which covers a diverse array of topics from different perspectives in an open and non-judgmental way. “Your challenges are your challenges, whether it’s showing up in the bedroom, or showing up in the kitchen.” 

Marilee Talkington is an award-winning actor, creator of original work for stage and screen, director, and activist for women and artists with disabilities. Marilee has originated more than 60 stage characters, and takes a fearless stance on women being heard, and celebrating all types of uniqueness and diversity, both on and off the stage. Marilee speaks to the beauty in listening, her journey into acting and creative work, and offers examples of situations in which perseverance and growth reign supreme, no matter how uncomfortable the level of challenge and discomfort. Marilee Talkington - Website and Marilee’s IMDB Quotes: "My only job here on this planet is to realize the fullest potential of myself in the most epic, joyous, creative, courageous, wild way.” “Acting is an empathetic exercise.” “Eyes aren’t the windows of the soul — the ears are.” Super U Resources: Super Power U Facebook Page Lisa Betts-LaCroix on Twitter — @LisaBL Super Power U Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play

Nir Eyal is the author of the bestseller Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products, and blogger at NirandFar.com. Nir has a ton to share on habit formation of both companies and individuals, and how different products control us. Habits account for 50% of our actions every day, so Nir works closely with companies to help them create products that help form and stick with habits to upgrade their life. Nir also addresses the difference between habits and addictions, the inner triggers that affect our behavior and misconceptions about distraction when it comes to technology, how to empower yourself and your family in an age of distractibility, and tips for maintaining a strong sense of self-efficacy and agency in the ever-growing technological revolution. Nir and Far Super Power U Resources: Feedback and show ideas to hey@lisabl.com Super Power U Facebook PageLisa Betts-LaCroix on Twitter — @LisaBL Super Power U Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google PlayLisaBL.com  

This week's conversation with Victoria Lorient-Faibish is extra special. Victoria is one of Lisa’s oldest and dearest friends, and they reminisce about their friendship that extends back almost 4 decades, to high school! A relationship expert, keynote speaker, author and Holistic Psychotherapist, Victoria believes the key to self-acceptance is spiritual warrior work. She tells the story of her own rocky upbringing, and how she made the decision to transform her belief system through dedicated work and rewiring her thoughts. She believes that individuals with even the most dire family culture experiences can thrive when they discover and own their Self-Culture.  Lisa and Victoria discuss two of Victoria's great Super Powers: Stopping Generational Dysfunction and Living with Courage and Heart! Victoria Lorient-Faibish Website “The buck stops with me. There will be no more generational dysfunction from me on.” Super Power U Facebook PageLisa Betts-LaCroix on Twitter — @LisaBL Super Power U Podcast on iTunes, S

Today's guest, Mark Hamade grounds us in the need to be grateful for everything we have and then shares his personal experience of transforming his body from 390 lbs, and living in a wheelchair to his current state of health through habit, mindset, hard work and common sense. He emphasizes the importance of family and the pursuit of personal excellence as the deepest and most powerful motivation for success in business and in life. Mark Hamade Website On the Mark with Hamade Super Power U Resources: Feedback and show ideas to hey@lisabl.com Super Power U Facebook PageLisa Betts-LaCroix on Twitter — @LisaBL Super Power U Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google PlayLisaBL.com  

This episode was recorded live from Podcast Movement in Philadelphia at the TalkShoe booth.  So FUN to have Craig and Gareth as guests.  They use their Super Powers of deep listening and curiosity to have Ridiculously Human conversations with fascinating people on their podcast of the same name.   Mentioned in This Episode: Ridiculously Human Podcast Gareth and Craig's Website Podcast Movement Talk Shoe - A Community Building Podcast Platform   Super Power U Resources: Feedback and show ideas to hey@lisabl.com Super Power U Facebook PageLisa Betts-LaCroix on Twitter — @LisaBL Super Power U Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google PlayLisaBL.com

What if there was a way to rewire your nervous system, heal past emotional, physical, and spiritual wounds and in turn, create the external reality of our dreams? Contemplative Coach, and Master NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) Practitioner Crystallin Dillon shares her personal journey and the events that led her down the path of wanting to free others of their pain and her massive perspective shift in college which resulted in finding and practicing NLP. Crystallin reviews the different types of attachment styles, and describes how they set the course for beliefs, patterns, and yes… results in our later life.  Lastly, she describes the overview of NLP, how it shapes the story we tell about ourselves and the world around it and tips on getting started within the modality. “I seem to reach into subterranean dynamics of life, and put words to it.” Super Power U Resources: Feedback and show ideas to hey@lisabl.com Super Power U Facebook PageLisa Betts-LaCroix on Twitter — @LisaBL Super Power U Podcast on iTun

Even as a self-proclaimed shy and introverted person, Dreamworks Animation's Kendal Cronkite took big, bold chances that paid off in her personal growth and career. Today Lisa talks with her about leaving her comfort zone and what's to be gained from facing our fear. She shares her journey starting from her time as a hard-working Art Center student through her many impressive roles in the movie animation business, including her work on The Nightmare Before Christmas and as Production Designer on Madagascar and Trolls. Super Power U Resources: Feedback and show ideas to hey@lisabl.com Super Power U Facebook PageLisa Betts-LaCroix on Twitter — @LisaBL Super Power U Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google PlayLisaBL.com Mentioned in This Episode: Kendal Cronkhite Art Center Article on Kendal in Dot Magazine

Today's episode is the official Month #2 update of the Intermittent Fasting experiment.  And Lisa's description of a book that had a profound impact on her life, called "Feeling Good" by David Burns.